Biography

Formed: 2007 in Korea

Genre: Pop

Years Active: '00s, '10s

A nine-piece girl group from South Korea, Girls' Generation — also known as SNSD or So Nyeo Shi Dae — was an SM Entertainment creation, to go along with that company's other dance-pop group, the all-boy Super Junior. Members Hyoyeon, Jessica, Seohyun, Sooyoung, Sunny, Taeyeon, Tiffany, Yoona, and Yuri had — for the most part — been a part of Korean pop media, appearing in commercials and ads before winning places in Girls' Generation and making their debut as such in the summer...